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Levi’s Celebrates Venice, Calif., With Abbot Kinney Pop-Up
By Dorothy Crouch, Contributing Writer | June 25, 2026
Levi’s Summer headed to Venice, Calif., recently as the brand celebrated Los Angeles creatives with a pop-up shop on Abbot Kinney.
Changing Demographics and Tastes Will Affect Retailers
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—The world of retailing is changing so fast that if companies are not familiar with the latest trends and customers’ rapidly evolving tastes, they may as well close their doors immediat...
PacSun to Open 110 Stores in 2004
Anaheim, Calif.–based retailer Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. is the newest member of the Billion Dollar Club. The seller of surf - and urbanwear posted $1.04 billion in sales for its fisc...
Wet Seal Throws Wet Blanket Over Former Exec
Foothill Ranch, Calif.–based specialty retail chain The Wet Seal Inc. won round one of its legal battle with Gregory Scott, the former president of the company’s Arden B. division....
What's Old Is What's New
After 16 years of running a boutique dedicated to new designers, Wendy Freedman, owner of Polka Dots & Moonbeams Modern at 8381 W. Third St. in Los Angeles, has realized that the...
New Shopping Magazine Covers L.A. Boutique Scene
Henry M. Shea Jr. is one of the many publishers who have bet that Americans will never get tired of shopping....
Scout, Erica Tanov Celebrate Openings
The distance between Third Street’s newest boutiques is just a few storefronts, yet the two Los Angeles shops might as well have been on different planets when both held grand-opening parties on Feb. 1...
Wet Seal, Bebe in Legal Tussle Over CEO
Two of the West Coast’s leading apparel specialty stores appear to be headed for a courtroom battle....
RFID Bill Heads to Calif. State Capitol
California Sen. Debra Bowen (D–Redondo Beach) introduced a new state Senate bill proposing privacy standards for the use of radio frequency identification technology (RFID) on Feb. 24 in Sacramento. Bo...
Arden B. President Named Bebe CEO
Greg Scott, the veteran retail executive responsible for making Arden B. one of the few consistently high-performing divisions owned by Foothill Ranch, Calif.–based...
LF Sportswear to Open Retail Chain
Los Angeles manufacturer LF Sportswear confirmed it will jump into the retail game this March by opening the first in a chain of boutiques named LF, which will sell the private labe...
Color Forecast: Bright, Very Bright
“Pink is the new black, yellow is the new pink,” said Oren Shepher, owner of O Boutique at Los Angeles’ Sunset Plaza....
New Ron Herman Store Set For Malibu
Legendary Los Angeles retailer Ron Herman confirmed he will open a store at the Malibu Country Mart in April, and the theme of this store, named Ron Herman, will be a big co...
Lisa Kline Opens Two More Stores
It’s only February, but 2004 is already shaping up to be one of the busiest years in Lisa Kline’s life....
Online Apparel Retailers Have Themselves a Merry Big Christmas
Total online Holiday spending, measured from Nov. 1 to Dec. 19, 2003, reached $15.8 billion—up 37 percent over last year, according to the “eSpending Report...
Remote Control Technology Helps Retailers Manage From Afar
Los Angeles retailer Lisa Kline was in a bind a couple of years back. Her edgy Robertson Boulevard stores were taking off because she was staying on top of trends and keeping a pulse on her customers’...
